RETROSTUDIO

Open-source retro motion studio

Build the past.
Animate the future.

Create layered retro visuals, character art, animated compositions, and demoscene-inspired graphics in one non-destructive desktop studio.

Get RetroStudio View source

v2.1.8 Windows + Linux MIT licensed

RETROWAVE_DRIVE.RETROPROJECT ● LIVE
Animated neon Retrowave Drive scene with a perspective road, striped sun, and moving wireframe terrain

GEN_010 RETROWAVE DRIVE / SEAMLESS LOOP

10Procedural
generators
16Animated
effects
49Built-in
character sets
∞Non-destructive
possibilities

One studio, every layer

Retro by nature.
Modern by design.

Everything stays editable—from source media and generator parameters to masks, effects, timing, and export.

01 / COMPOSE

Layer without limits

Combine images, video, text, character art, sprites, vectors, solids, generators, and adjustment layers in a flexible timeline.

02 / ANIMATE

Motion, built in

Keyframe transforms and effects, tune curves, set work areas, and build seamless loops with matching preview and export.

03 / PROCESS

Effects that stack

Glow, scanlines, glitch, halftone, TV reception, weather overlays, and more—reorderable, keyframable, and non-destructive.

04 / WORKSPACE

See the whole composition

Original and processed views, timeline editing, generator controls, layers, masks, and effects stay within reach.

RetroStudio desktop interface showing layers, original and processed previews, effects, and timeline

Procedural library

Start with motion,
not a blank canvas.

01Matrix RainGlyph trails + bloom
02Perspective GridFloors + tunnels
03Sine WaveLuminous ribbons
04Text ScrollerDemoscene typography
05Palette PlasmaMulti-wave color
06Raster BarsAmiga-inspired motion
07Warp StarfieldHyperspace projection
08RotozoomerInfinite checker motion
09TV StaticSignal noise + bursts
10Retrowave DriveNeon terrain travel
Seven Retrowave Drive presets including neon sunset, canyon, valley, mountains, infinite grid, and transparent wireframe
Six terrain systems. Seven presets. One endless road.

Made in RetroStudio

Pixels. Signals.
Beautiful accidents.

Skull converted into detailed character art with RetroStudio
CHARACTER ARTImage → glyph
Collection of TV static and reception effect variations
SIGNAL LABNoise → atmosphere

Your timeline is waiting

Make something
strange.

Free, open source, and ready for your next looping experiment.

Download v2.1.8